Jewelry Workshops

Our dear friend, Francesca, gave me the sweetest gift for Christmas. She told me I could take one of her classes for free. (She has a great art studio/gallery--Roadhouse Arts--that is awesome!) In the end, she let me take Beginning Soldering and the following Next Steps Soldering class. I never thought I'd be one to enjoy jewelry making, but I had the best time! 

Jewelry I made in my beginning soldering class

Francesca said my "earrings needed a selfie". Ha! Well, here it is.

The ring I did on day two!

Making earring wires. Isn't the flame pretty?

Finished product!

The ring turned out a little (a lot) bigger than I typically wear, but my inner big haired preacher's wife loves it!

Wedding Weekend

We'd been looking forward to April 4th for a while. Not only were our good friends Brandon & Brittany getting married (she was one of our former youth), but some of our very best friends, the Phelps' were coming in to town--all of them--for the first time since they moved five years ago! The wedding was so fun, and we were honored to be involved. I did the photography and Aaron officiated. It was fun celebrating with old friends and we all had a great time!

Lauren and Terra at the wedding

Terra and Brittany

Aaron officiates the ceremony

Brittany & Brandon

The wedding was Friday night, and we spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with the Phelps and the other Powers crew.

The boys reunited

"Bobby and Lala" together again!

The girls and I went upstairs for a while to pull up a few old pictures for a good laugh. They ended up helping me put together a slideshow of a bunch of old pictures to play for everyone downstairs.  We had a really good laugh at all the funny pictures and happy memories!

And, of course, we had to take a few minutes for a family portrait session. (It was a little easier now that everyone's bigger!)

Big League Weekend

As you may know, we're a baseball family. More specifically, we're an Astros family, so when Aaron heard about Big League Weekend here in our very own San Antonio, he was ordering tickets. Last weekend, we drove downtown to the Alamodome where we met Ammie, Poppy, Jason, and Jackson to watch the Astros play the Rangers. We all had a great time, AND the Astros won!